† sovereignessn.
Obsolete.
A female sovereign.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > [noun] > female
prince1560
sovereigntess1586
monarchess1594
sovereigness1600
1600 T. Dekker Old Fortunatus sig. A4 Most powr'full Queene of chaunce dread soueraignnesse.
1630 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentleman 118 Whence it grew that the Roman Empire became absolute Soveraignesse of many other ample Dominions.
1686 tr. J. Chardin Coronation Solyman 83 in Trav. Persia There remained another sister of Habas II..who in the Kings absence was as it were Sovereigness of the Place.
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